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probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.
we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."
at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.
the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.
the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.
what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.
here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.
#this is true#writeblr#warm up#relatedly for some reason one of our Favorite Jokes#amongst the Siblings#is like - ''this is so good u will love it''#while we are reacting to something we OBVIOUSLY find viscerally disgusting#like we will be actively retching and be like ''nooooo it's so good''#to the point that i sometimes get nervous if someone outside my family is like oh u should try it its good#(obvi we never force each other to eat anything. we are all just curious birds and#like. we're GONNA try the new thing.)#edit to answer why we had so much vanilla:#my mom is a very good cook and we LOVE to bake. so she just had a lot of staples in the house.#it's one of those things that's like. have u ever continuously thought ''ah i should get butter im probably out''#even tho u are not out of butter. so u end up with like 5 years of butter.#my mom would do that in a costco but like with vanilla extract#to be fair we WERE always using WAY TOO MUCH bc we were kids#so like she was right to stock up#ps. yes we were VERY sick after this lol i just didn't want to include it in the post in case ppl had an ick about that#u can tell it's real bc we knew "oh no we fucked up that's too much vanilla to waste'' but our reaction was to just. keep drinking it#> sibling understanding that vanilla extract isn't free > knowledge mother doesnt mind if we use it for milkshakes#> sibling choice to maybe get in a loophole of ''not wasting it'' if we drink it bc that's the same as using it (not throwing it out)#listen bud i was like 13 and my sister was like 9#when my mom discovered this we. got in. A LOT. of trouble. a lot of it. a LOT of it.#3rd edit bc i guess it isn't clear - i am 1 of my brother's 2 little sisters#i am the middle child#out of all the ways i have had to explain a post before being like ''did u forget a middle child can happen'' is my favorite
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Birds of a Feather previous / next
#feralnette au#my art#birds of a feather#eheheheoeooehooohoehehahahaa#ok ok i feel i should add. editing in some tags here#in fairness marinette doesnt 100% believe her nemesis' of COURSE#but when the situation is bad and the intrusive thoughts are bad. of course you think They Must've Been Right#so when she's under these situations of high stress and peril her brain automatically jumps to the worst conclusion:#which is of course. that the people who are her current greatest threats were right all along#and right now marinette is in great peril
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Kabru has a secret admirer in the castle!
#running from my responsibilities (drawing armour) by imagining post canon Kabru fashion#minor spoilers in the tags!#royal advisor Kabru’s office is probably overflowing with gifts from foreign dignitaries eyeing him up for marriage#and sacks of perfumed letters from Melini citizens#Marcille would be so sick of it#Laios also has his fair share of proposals#Yaad is like … boys spare us all and pick a suitable candidate already#well Yaad there’s a saying that goes two birds one stone#anyway lol#someone might have suggested to Laios ‘hey Kabru works so hard. you should show your appreciation.’#Laios (blushing sweating): uuuh how do i do that#Marcille probably: i hear it’s customary to give your royal advisor flowers the same colour as their beautiful blue eyes#Laios: well if you say so#but he starts having second thoughts bcs what if the gift is too romantic#so then Laios is like oh i know i just won’t sign it (:#fool proof plan Laios good job#totally not taking into account that Kabru can recognize his penmanship at a first glance#so at their next meeting Kabru is like ‘i wonder who my secret admirer in the castle is 😉’#and Laios sweats so hard he falls out of his throne#doesn’t Kabru of Melini have a nice ring to it#better yet …. Kabru Touden#much to consider#dungeon meshi#dungeon meshi spoilers#kabru#kabru of utaya#labru#if you squint#wasabi doodles
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Anytime I see one of these I feel like we’re the paparazzi trying to get you to tell us bonus details about your life or your work
(leans into the mic and whispers) we might get a cat sometime this year
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huaisang, do you have spurs that jingle jangle jingle as you go ridin' merrily along--
#to that niche subset of cql/mdzs fans who are also fallout new vegas fans#i am sorry for the song that you now have stuck in your head#but in my defence#if i have to have the jingle jangle song stuck in my head this morning#then it's only fair that you do too#mdzs shitposting#mdzs#cql#the untamed#nie huaisang#nie mingjue#let him have birds!! 🕊️
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The fellas they stole rations and are tryna split the cancer inducing powdered choccy milk
#oc#original character#myart#admech#warhammer40k#adeptus mechanicus#wh40k#skitarii#pteraxii#bird and goat#ineptus mechanicus#webcomic#he is such a good friend he just wants to make sure its perfectly split so its fair#theyre actually just morons genuinely
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I think we sometimes forget that Nandor was chosen by The Baron, one of the most ancient and powerful vampires, to lead an expedition with Nadja and Laszlo to conquor all of 'The New World' and subjugate its people roughly 200 years ago...
#wwdits#what we do in the shadows#nandor#nandor the relentless#i mean thats fair on us have you seen him??#he tried to make friends with a bird that flew into his room two weeks ago#he named him 'mathew'#but also this is a Nadja is A Badass post too#because the Baron chose her as well (along with Laszlo)#like these three shits were THE SHIT once upon a time#ancient Undying Ones picked them and only them for his mission#i like the idea that they were some sort of badass strike team once upon a time and then like Colin Robinson happened lol
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what if you kissed your mate in the misty autumn morning while you're both dressed in impeccably matching attire
#elucien#elucienweek2023#elain archeron#lucien vanserra#nature! this time it fits the theme there are birds#let's face it who isn't waiting for the autumnal gloom#i bent over backwards for a pose with their huge height difference i keep insisting they have <3#lucien would have to be kneeling on something for this to work and you know what? fair
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The Wren Faire has officially LAUNCHED!
Secure your pin of medieval avian whimsy today! Give your bird or ren faire friend a cute gift! Support a disabled queer artist trying to kick off a pin business!
We have a limited number of Early Bird slots available for the first 72 hours of the campaign.
Currently we are about 1/8 of the way to funding the first design: the Fairy Wren Faerie! Here’s a little more about her. Follow this blog or the project on Kickstarter to learn more about all the feathered friends at our Faire!
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#artists on tumblr#renaissance faire#birds#bird art#enamel pins#original art#wren faire#digital#akabirdie update#kickstarter#crowdfunding
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do u ever think nami looks at luffy n zoro doing something stupid and thinks to herself in horror “they were alone together before they met me”
#one piece#romance dawn trio#to be fair they did destroy an entire marine base and drift aimlessly until luffy got stolen by a giant bird#so the concern is not unwarranted
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I feel I must share this as it has to do with my namesake
Scout’s little face!
she’s a fierce pigeon, and she would destroy us if her beak wasn’t so cute and useless
#to be fair#it was nail clipping day and that’s her least favourite day#she’s a grumpy creature#not like Jewel#who is just a sweet baby#pigeons#Scout wishes she’d been born a bird of prey
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non binary lego character spectrum
primordial godlike thousands of years old source dragon of the elements of life itself with incomprehensible power
that fucking bird that i hate
#ninjago#monkie kid#lego ninjago#lego monkie kid#lmk#guys dont worry i like peng theyre just really funnystupid to me#lgbt bird go to theyll#but also peng is like a strong immortal demon guy so i mean fair game#im obsess with life dragon btw like im obsessed with their voice and their speech mannerisms…#every other source dragon talks like really big and strong and graceful and omnipotent#but life just talks like your favorite english teacher
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Oiseaux de l’Orage, more research! Been drawing birbs all week, that’s been nice. Next I got to do studies of - the rain - donkeys - stone towers - do characters sheet (in colour) and then i can move on to comic pages
#wish me luck#this is for the shortbox comic's fair of this year :>#hope i can make it good!#also one of these birds studies is made from real life :'0#found a dead sparrow in my friends garden#so i drew and studied it#it was sad and lovely#so small and light#other birds are#grive mauvis#redwing#marsh harrier#busard des roseaux
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my scans | elle magazine, ph. cass bird
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You ever think that Monty might not be Esther's first familiar? Oh he's the one she has now. And maybe she's had him for a while, a couple years maybe even a few decades. But he isn't her first.
Because Esther isn't the type to keep her old toys around, she finds them and makes them into what she needs and keeps them for as long as they continue to be useful to her. And eventually there comes a spell or a potion or something of the type that requires a sacrifice of something close to her. And what do you know, she has this quaint little familiar right here. Something that relies on her, and knows only her and is oh so replaceable when you live as long as she does.
Monty isn't her first familiar, and he's probably not the first one she's ripped apart and put back together, but she's all he ever knew.
#dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives agency#dbda#dead boy detectives monty#monty the crow#esther finch#monty finch#dead boy detectives esther#the only thing she won't sacrifice is the snake#anything else is fair game#the inherent power struggle in being a witches bird lmao#monty i love you#you can do no wrong#despite being a crow that tried to honeypot a ghost#and fell in love
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It'd be so funny if Kine in your style looks the same as he does in the games. There's all these realistic animals and then BOOM this jarring THING
i hear you anon and i do agree.... however... i would like to raise you Thing That I Personally Think Would Be Even Funnier:
earth accurate sizes.
#god do i tag them. this is so dumb. you know what. whatever#rick kine and coo#my art#coo (kirby)#to be fair i am a bird autist and not a fish autist. i COULD draw a “more realistic” mola mola but i kinda just don't want to.
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